prosperity see good fortune
providence
GOD helps them that help themselves
GOD makes the back to the burden
GOD never sends mouths but He sends meat
GOD tempers the wind to the shorn lamb
HEAVEN protects children, sailors, and drunken men
MAN proposes, God disposes
PROVIDENCE is always on the side of the big battalions
TRUST in God but tie your camelprudence see also caution; thrift
it is BEST to be on the safe side
BETTER be safe than sorry
a BIRD in the hand..
DISCRETION is the better part of valour
don’t put all your EGGS in one basket
FOREWARNED is forearmed
FULL cup, steady hand
one HAND for yourself and one for the ship
when you are in a HOLE, stop digging
JOUK and let the jaw go by
if you want PEACE, you must prepare for war
PREVENTION is better than cure
it is easier to RAISE the Devil..
SECOND thoughts are best
it is ill SITTING at Rome and striving with the Pope
a STITCH in time saves nine
STRETCH your arm no further than your sleeve will reach
everyone STRETCHES his legs according to the length of his coverlet
don’t THROW out your dirty water..
don’t THROW the baby out with the bathwater
put your TRUST in God, and keep your powder dry
don’t go near the WATER until you learn how to swimpublic opinion see also reputation
COMMON fame is seldom to blame
what EVERYBODY says must be true
what MANCHESTER says today..